Note: The above burial list was originally compiled in the early
1960's as part of a project by Local Historians and Members of the Owasco,
NY Chapter of the D.A.R. The 1960s countywide cemetery burial inventory
was often just a transcription of names & dates found on legible headstones.
There may be additional burial or record information not cited on this
website page because headstones were missing or not legible. Copies
of the burial listings found on this website page came from the 1960s Cayuga
County NY cemetery burial roster project and were obtained courtesy of the
Cayuga County NY Historian's Office. Thanks to Wilda Marshall Brown
for transcribing the information on this page into a digital format.

Below is an E-mail message regarding the name of
this cemetery and burial information found on this website page

"William L Rooker was already a resident of Conquest, NY at the time he purchased
his 100 acre farm in 1817. The farm included land located near Egypt
Road in the town of Conquest. It is believed that this cemetery had
no official name until the DAR's thomstone inscription project of the 1960's.
At which time it became listed as Egypt Cemetery as a locational reference.
In 2006, it was discovered that William L Rooker reserved a small plot
of land to be used as a family burial ground (per his will dated 1849). As
a GGG niece to William L Rooker, there is sufficent evidence showing that
this cemetery is in fact a Rooker family burial ground based on the relationships
of those buried there. This cemetery inclues the founder of the cemetery;
William L Rooker and his wife Lovina; his brother Zadok Rooker; his grand
daughter in-law Harriet Frances Rooker (wife of his Grandson Joseph L. Rooker);
his daughter Hannah (Rooker) Southwick and her son John Wesley Southwick;
another daughter Sabrina (Rooker) Prowty and her daughter Mariette Prowty;
plus his adotped grandson Francis G Walker. At present, it is not known
if there are any additional burials or unmarked graves located at this site."

A portion of William L. Rooker's will is shown above. The will cites:
"I would here say that the lumber that is now on the premises and
at the mill , I want it should be taking to fence the burying ground
on my farm and to repair the buildings on said premises, and further it is
my wish that there should be four rods square of ground that is now occupied
for intering the dead, for my family buring ground,..."
Above image of a portion of the will is courtesy of
Dawn L. Roe.

#2) Zadok Newberry Rooker
His service record is under the name Zadock N Rooker, serving 5th Artillery
& Infrantry Regiment (Colden's) New York Militia.
Private
He served 9/8/1814 to 10/21/1814 Capt Elias Werden's Company of Consolidated
Artillery, NY Militia, followed by service from 10/22/1814 to 11/26/1814
Capt Elias Werden's Company of Artillery in the Consolidated Reg't New York
Detached Militia, comanded by Lieut. Col. C.D. Colden. Place of Residence
Hudson, NY. SOURCE: Military Muster Rolls, National Archives Records
Administration